The United States has formally agreed to sell 12 Super Tucano A-29 planes and weapons to Nigeria, the West African country’s air force said, confirming the resurrection of a deal frozen by the Obama administration over rights concerns. Former U.S. President Barack Obama delayed the sale in one of his last decisions in office after […]
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Former President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he felt serene the day he left the White House despite the sense that much important work remained unfinished. Obama said it was “hugely liberating” to be able to set his own agenda in the morning and to have the time to […]
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Barack Obama arrived in French Polynesia where he will spend a month at a luxury resort frequented by Hollywood stars, according to local TV channel Tahiti Nui TV. The former US president landed on the tourist island Tahiti without his family before going to Marlon Brando’s privately owned retreat Tetiaroa atoll, which the Oscar-winning actor […]
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The Obama administration in its final year in office spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act, according to an Associated Press analysis of new U.S. data that also showed poor performance in other categories measuring transparency in government. For a […]
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The administration of US President Donald Trump moved to clean house at the Justice Department, demanding the resignations of 46 federal prosecutors appointed during the two terms of his predecessor Barack Obama. Presidents often order political appointees in several agencies to resign when they take office, but the abrupt nature of the move caught some […]
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Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden America’s highest civilian honor on Thursday, in an emotional surprise ceremony at the White House. Biden was reduced to tears as the president in his last days in office surprised him by announcing he would be awarding the 74-year-old the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In remarks billed as […]
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US president Barack Obama has made an emotional farewell speech that sought to comfort and encourage a country on edge over economic changes, persistent security threats and the election of Donald Trump. Mr Obama’s valedictory speech in his home city of Chicago was a public meditation on the trials and triumphs, promises kept and promises […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday confirmed the arrest of the third most wanted terrorism suspect. The suspect, who is in the custody of the agency, has been indicted in the killing of expatriates in the country between 2012 and 2013. Many secret services in various parts of the world have been trooping into […]
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President Barack Obama says he could have been reelected for a third term and that the nation still largely embraces his political vision despite last month’s election of Donald Trump to succeed him. The US leader’s remarks were made in an interview posted on the podcast “The Axe Files,” produced by CNN and the University […]
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama sent their final Christmas salutations from the White House on Saturday, highlighting common values uniting Americans of all faiths. “The idea that we are our brother’s keeper and our sister’s keeper. That we should treat others as we would want to be treated,” Michelle Obama said. “Those […]
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President Barack Obama hopes the U.S. tradition of people in power not using the criminal justice system against their opponents will continue, the White House said on Wednesday when asked about Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to jail his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. “We’ve got a long tradition in this country of … people in […]
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The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 4:29 p.m. Barack Obama is urging African American voters to see Hillary Clinton’s election as the way to protect his legacy as the first black president. Obama says Republican Donald Trump would shred his accomplishments, while Clinton would continue on his path. Clinton is making […]
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